Editing Double Perimeter Defense Formation(4x4) (section)

== Traditional DPDF (Minsker Formation) ==
Named after [[ptminsker|ptminsker]], the Minsker Formation starts immediately before a merge to two main tiles in the DPDF space. An example for a 32k endgame is:
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4   2   2   _
256 64  32  8
2k  1k  512 8
16k 8k  4k  16
</pre>
From here (assuming all 2 spawns), the player can go LLRL UUUL UDU LURD to set up a very clean formation for the final 128:
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4   4   2   _
256 64  32  8
2k  1k  512 8
16k 8k  4k  16

8   2   2   _
256 64  32  8
2k  1k  512 8
16k 8k  4k  16

2   _   8   4
256 64  32  8
2k  1k  512 8
16k 8k  4k  16

2   8   4   2
256 64  32  8
2k  1k  512 8
16k 8k  4k  16

2   8   4   2
256 64  32  16
2k  1k  512 16
16k 8k  4k  2

2   8   4   2
256 64  32  32
2k  1k  512 2
16k 8k  4k  2

2   8   4   2
256 64  32  32
2k  1k  512 4
16k 8k  4k  2

2   8   4   2
256 64  64  2
2k  1k  512 4
16k 8k  4k  2

2   8   4   4
256 64  64  4
2k  1k  512 2
16k 8k  4k  2

2   8   4   2
256 64  64  _
2k  1k  512 8
16k 8k  4k  4

2   8   4   2
256 64  64  8
2k  1k  512 4
16k 8k  4k  2

2   8   4   2
256 128 8   2
2k  1k  512 4
16k 8k  4k  2

2   8   4   4
256 128 8   4
2k  1k  512 2
16k 8k  4k  2

2   2   8   8
256 128 8   4
2k  1k  512 2
16k 8k  4k  2

2   2   2   _
256 128 16  8
2k  1k  512 4
16k 8k  4k  4
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Some key variations with 4 spawns include:
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2   8   4   4
256 64  32  8
2k  1k  512 8
16k 8k  4k  16 |  RRDLL

2   8   4   4
256 64  64  4
2k  1k  512 2
16k 8k  4k  4  |  LULD

2   8   4   4
256 128 8   4
2k  1k  512 2
16k 8k  4k  4  |  LLRRDLD
</pre>
Minsker formation loses about 1.5% accuracy over optimal play. However, it is a very straightforward and intuitive setup without loads of different variations that the player must learn, so it is still often taught to players who are new to learning DPDF.